Abstract: Each target device to which a full operating system (O/S) or other image is to be deployed using a deployment solution undergoes pre-O/S processing before booting into a temporary O/S, where preparatory processing includes a real-time hardware scan that generates a hardware device ID list that is compared to a driver repository accessed by the target device using a special communication channel between the target device and the driver repository. Drivers corresponding to listed hardware devices IDs are delivered to the target device and are staged by the target device before booting into a full O/S that installs the drivers. During full O/S operation post-deploy processing includes one or more additional real-time hardware scans performed to discover additional hardware devices missed in earlier scans, again with drivers delivered to the target device for installation.